Foundation Fighting Blindness
Hosted by Ben Shaberman · Foundation Fighting Blindness
4.9from 38 ratings
- 275
- Episodes
- 151
- Transcribed
- 38
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Foundation Fighting Blindness
The Foundation Fighting Blindness is the driving force in the global development of treatments and cures for blinding diseases. To learn more, go to FightingBlindness.org.
- Publisher
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Feb 2021
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
151 of 275 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
PRPH2 Workshop 2026: Day 1 Keynote – John Samuel
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Early clinical trial results show vision gains in patients with BEST1-related disease
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Beacon's emerging XLRP gene therapy improves low-light vision in phase 3 trial
Inside a recent episode
PRPH2 Workshop 2026: Day 1 Keynote – John Samuel
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I carry it on there now. Today I can talk to you all about dripping out my cane. I can talk to you. Heck, I even wrote a book called Don't Ask the Blind Guy for Directions. Talking about my blindness wasn't something I could always do. You see, when I was growing up in North Carolina and was in high school, I started noticing changes in my eyesight. At the time, I didn't know what was going on. I went off to college up in in Richmond, Virginia, I was walking around campus and I was walking into everything. I was walking into park benches, fire hydrants, you name it, I was walking into it. And my shins were like a Jackson Pollock painting. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Foundation Fighting Blindness
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- John Samuel
- Kenyetta McCurdy-Byrd
- Heather Edwards
- Alicia Kemble
- Patrick Staropoli
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 82
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Who hosts Foundation Fighting Blindness?
Ben Shaberman host the show. Published by Foundation Fighting Blindness.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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